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Basketball loses at home
page 6
Jazz at the Station sees big crowd
page 4
AT A GLANCE 2
EDITORIAL 3
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 4
SPORTS 6
HELP WANTED 7
Hunger Banquet
raises awareness
PHOTO BY BRANDY A. CIMMINO | THE SIGNPOST
By Laurie Reiner
asst. news editor I The Signpost
The Community Involvement Center hosted the second annual
Hunger Banquet on
Thursday in hopes of
teaching people about
poverty.
"I think people are
less aware of hunger
and poverty in the U.S.
because it is such a
rich country, but even
though it is such a rich
country, there are people that are living on
basically nothing," said
Annie Thompson, the
community partner liaison and one of the organizers of the event. "It's
not always that they are
starving, but that they're
malnourished. They are
not receiving the nutrition that they need."
At the event, each
person was sorted into
a different class: low,
middle or upper. The
lower-class group sat on
the floor, ate soup and
bread, and had to serve
themselves. The middle
and upper classes were
Attendees of the Hunger Banquet eat on the floor, at tables and on the stage,
according to what class they were sorted into: low, middle or upper.
WSU studies artifacts
from archaeological dig
By Thomas Alberts
news reporter I The Signpost
Weber State University houses new artifacts
from an archaeological
dig in which WSU anthropology students participated. These artifacts
are helping the anthropology department discover new information
about prehistoric Native
American cultures.
The team, led by WSU
anthropology professor
Brooke Arkush, dug a
large L-shaped trench at
the site and went level
by level into the ground
to recover artifacts. Each
level represented a different period of time
in which artifacts were
deposited. The area the
team went to, Bobcat
Rock Shelter, located
in Birch Creek Valley of
Eastern Idaho, has been
settled by Aboriginal
peoples for thousands
of years and produced a
large amount of artifacts
for the WSU team.
"I just wanted to get
some first-hand experience," said Alina Winters, a WSU senior. "I've
learned a little bit about
the Native Americans
PHOTO BY TYLER BROWN | THE SIGNPOST
Denae Sportsman and David Reynoso clean big sheep bones from an archaeological
dig in Eastern Idaho. These artifacts help the anthropology department discover new
information about prehistoric Native American cultures.
around here, so the archaeology of this area
was very interesting to
me."
Students like Winters
were tasked with recovering the artifacts and
learning how to properly
categorize them.
"We would just go level by level and get the
artifacts and take notes,"
she said.
Winters talked about
the first-hand experi
ence she gained from
working at the Bobcat
site.
"I know a lot of undergraduate programs
don't even have the opportunity," Winters said.
"You'd have to go out
and look for it on your
own. The fact that Weber
and Dr. Arkush have this
program for people to
get experience is great."
The area the team
went to has been exca
vated since the 1960s.
Artifacts found there and
at other sites are taken
back to WSU, where students help to process,
clean and catalog them.
These artifacts are then
used to produce reports
about human behavior.
Afterward, the artifacts
are kept at WSU for future study or returned to
the sites.
See Archaeology page 5
both served by other
people. The middle class
was at tables eating pizza, and the upper-class
group was on a stage
eating a plate of chicken and broccoli. The
income levels reflected
the income ratios of the
"I think people
are less aware
of hunger and
poverty in the
U.S. because it
is such a rich
country but...
there are people
that are living
on basically
nothing.'
//
— Annie Thompson
community partner
liaison
people in Ogden City.
"We eat a lot, I eat a
lot, and I don't realize
how much it is I eat,"
said Miles Dittmore, a
sociology major who sat
on the floor.
Representatives from
three organizations
gave talks at the event:
Kenya Keys, the Salvation Army and Northern Utah Catholic Community Services. Each
group talked about a
different form of hunger
— world hunger, hunger
in the United States and
hunger in Utah.
"These things are
real," said Emmanuel Mwengi, who works
with Kenya Keys and
talked about world hunger, "someone, somewhere needs your help."
Mwengi said people
could help by becoming more aware of the
hunger problems in the
world.
Lt. Peter Pemberton,
who works with the
Salvation Army, talked
about the hunger problem in the United States.
He said one of the problems is that people in
See Banquet page 5
Author talks Iran
A MISSING SON. A STOLEN ELECTION. IS THIS IRAN?
ZAHRA'S
PARADISE
Amir cJ Khalil
"A heartbreaking story. . .
not just about tyranny, loss and grief,
but a celebration of the will to live."
-AZAR NAFISI
author ol
Reading Lolita in Tehran
"Like Maus and Persepotit. . .
Zahra's Paradise pub a human lace on a
time of grief and unrest. Unlike those books,
the time in question is now ..."
-NPR
SOURCE: AMIR SULTANI
The graphic novel "Zahra's Paradise" depicts Iran protests.
Human rights activist Amir
Sultani gives convocation
By RaychelJohnson
news editor I The Signpost
In the form of a convocation presented by International Education Week and
the Weber State University
Student Association, Amir
Sultani gave a presentation
on his graphic novel titled
"Zahra's Paradise" and answered questions about
Iran and the 2009 protests.
The convocation took place
in the Wildcat Theater at
noon on Wednesday.
Following the political
protests in Iran in 2009,
See Convocations page 5

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Basketball loses at home
page 6
Jazz at the Station sees big crowd
page 4
AT A GLANCE 2
EDITORIAL 3
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 4
SPORTS 6
HELP WANTED 7
Hunger Banquet
raises awareness
PHOTO BY BRANDY A. CIMMINO | THE SIGNPOST
By Laurie Reiner
asst. news editor I The Signpost
The Community Involvement Center hosted the second annual
Hunger Banquet on
Thursday in hopes of
teaching people about
poverty.
"I think people are
less aware of hunger
and poverty in the U.S.
because it is such a
rich country, but even
though it is such a rich
country, there are people that are living on
basically nothing," said
Annie Thompson, the
community partner liaison and one of the organizers of the event. "It's
not always that they are
starving, but that they're
malnourished. They are
not receiving the nutrition that they need."
At the event, each
person was sorted into
a different class: low,
middle or upper. The
lower-class group sat on
the floor, ate soup and
bread, and had to serve
themselves. The middle
and upper classes were
Attendees of the Hunger Banquet eat on the floor, at tables and on the stage,
according to what class they were sorted into: low, middle or upper.
WSU studies artifacts
from archaeological dig
By Thomas Alberts
news reporter I The Signpost
Weber State University houses new artifacts
from an archaeological
dig in which WSU anthropology students participated. These artifacts
are helping the anthropology department discover new information
about prehistoric Native
American cultures.
The team, led by WSU
anthropology professor
Brooke Arkush, dug a
large L-shaped trench at
the site and went level
by level into the ground
to recover artifacts. Each
level represented a different period of time
in which artifacts were
deposited. The area the
team went to, Bobcat
Rock Shelter, located
in Birch Creek Valley of
Eastern Idaho, has been
settled by Aboriginal
peoples for thousands
of years and produced a
large amount of artifacts
for the WSU team.
"I just wanted to get
some first-hand experience," said Alina Winters, a WSU senior. "I've
learned a little bit about
the Native Americans
PHOTO BY TYLER BROWN | THE SIGNPOST
Denae Sportsman and David Reynoso clean big sheep bones from an archaeological
dig in Eastern Idaho. These artifacts help the anthropology department discover new
information about prehistoric Native American cultures.
around here, so the archaeology of this area
was very interesting to
me."
Students like Winters
were tasked with recovering the artifacts and
learning how to properly
categorize them.
"We would just go level by level and get the
artifacts and take notes,"
she said.
Winters talked about
the first-hand experi
ence she gained from
working at the Bobcat
site.
"I know a lot of undergraduate programs
don't even have the opportunity," Winters said.
"You'd have to go out
and look for it on your
own. The fact that Weber
and Dr. Arkush have this
program for people to
get experience is great."
The area the team
went to has been exca
vated since the 1960s.
Artifacts found there and
at other sites are taken
back to WSU, where students help to process,
clean and catalog them.
These artifacts are then
used to produce reports
about human behavior.
Afterward, the artifacts
are kept at WSU for future study or returned to
the sites.
See Archaeology page 5
both served by other
people. The middle class
was at tables eating pizza, and the upper-class
group was on a stage
eating a plate of chicken and broccoli. The
income levels reflected
the income ratios of the
"I think people
are less aware
of hunger and
poverty in the
U.S. because it
is such a rich
country but...
there are people
that are living
on basically
nothing.'
//
— Annie Thompson
community partner
liaison
people in Ogden City.
"We eat a lot, I eat a
lot, and I don't realize
how much it is I eat,"
said Miles Dittmore, a
sociology major who sat
on the floor.
Representatives from
three organizations
gave talks at the event:
Kenya Keys, the Salvation Army and Northern Utah Catholic Community Services. Each
group talked about a
different form of hunger
— world hunger, hunger
in the United States and
hunger in Utah.
"These things are
real," said Emmanuel Mwengi, who works
with Kenya Keys and
talked about world hunger, "someone, somewhere needs your help."
Mwengi said people
could help by becoming more aware of the
hunger problems in the
world.
Lt. Peter Pemberton,
who works with the
Salvation Army, talked
about the hunger problem in the United States.
He said one of the problems is that people in
See Banquet page 5
Author talks Iran
A MISSING SON. A STOLEN ELECTION. IS THIS IRAN?
ZAHRA'S
PARADISE
Amir cJ Khalil
"A heartbreaking story. . .
not just about tyranny, loss and grief,
but a celebration of the will to live."
-AZAR NAFISI
author ol
Reading Lolita in Tehran
"Like Maus and Persepotit. . .
Zahra's Paradise pub a human lace on a
time of grief and unrest. Unlike those books,
the time in question is now ..."
-NPR
SOURCE: AMIR SULTANI
The graphic novel "Zahra's Paradise" depicts Iran protests.
Human rights activist Amir
Sultani gives convocation
By RaychelJohnson
news editor I The Signpost
In the form of a convocation presented by International Education Week and
the Weber State University
Student Association, Amir
Sultani gave a presentation
on his graphic novel titled
"Zahra's Paradise" and answered questions about
Iran and the 2009 protests.
The convocation took place
in the Wildcat Theater at
noon on Wednesday.
Following the political
protests in Iran in 2009,
See Convocations page 5